PageFlip Publications

Hi,
What you describe is an implementation of Adobe Flash and not PDF.
You can author content with some application, output that content to PDF, and then (using appropriate conversion software) go to a Flash "flip book".

A web search using the string "pdf to flash flip book" provides a fair dinkum of links to software / services that provide the conversion to Adobe Flash.

Be well...

I contacted adobe sales and they told I could do the flip book myself without using external software or 3rd party websites to process the pdf.

This is achieved by designing the pages in indesign then exporting them as flash with page flip. Then import that files into acrobat pro extended and re-export as pdf using all CS4 components.

It seems as though this page flip capability really should be built into Acrobat by now though.

Additionally the Flash Engine these online sites use seems to be same, does anyone know where I can purchase that main tool they base their technology on?

FYI, there is a stand alone application for the Mac and PC called http://www.3dissue.com/ which will allow you convert your stand alone PDF's into Page Flipping Flash enacted files with full Google Analytic support for each page and hot spots for your interactive content. The drawback is that the program in insanely expensive.

Regards to all.
Robert

The reason page turn is part of InDesign CS4's "export to SWF" but *not* part of the PDF workflow, either in InDesign or Acrobat, is that the visual effect is done in Flash. PDFs are not rendered by Flash Player, so you cannot make a PDF do it - period. All the websites offering conversion create their end result by taking each page of the PDF, exporting it to a SWF (vector text, bitmaps, etc.) then loading those SWFs into a page turn component. The viewer never sees the PDF, unless there's a download link someplace.


The component is usually re-built by each company selling the conversions, as the math behind the effect is very simple - you can do it in a page of code; but no - we're not about to give it away. If you Google about for long enough you'll find the math explained in terms of the geometrical transformations, but it's up to you to make that happen with Actionscript if you don't want to use a commercial product or service. I don't imagine any of them will be selling their base code either, as that's like handing your factory keys to a competitor.

aside from the sites you mentioned above, you can try http://zipadi.com/ as an alternative resource for digital publishing.

There did exist a importer "flash paper" by Adobe, you can visit adobe.com for detail. Otherwise, I recommend a converter http://www.axmag.com It offers both online and offline service. May the offline software meet your needs.